Local Watchmaker – K2 Watch Company

I often receive emails from local guys asking me where to service vintage Seiko watches in Singapore.

Besides Goh Seo Choon whom I often recommend, there is also another watchmaker shop known as ‘K2 Watch Company’ located at Tanjong Katong Complex that services vintage Seiko’s as well as other watches.

This shop was set up in 1982 and has a similar setup as Goh Seo Choon (those who have been to Goh Seo Choon will know what it looks like). Shop is also licensed to buy and sell preowned watches under the Second Hand Goods Dealers Act.

Owner was trained in watchmaking at a very young age as you can see in the picture below.

Photos in the picture were taken in the 70s.

Equipments are used to service watches. Here’s one for regulating watches.And here’s one for cleaning watch movement.Here’s a customer’s 6105 being serviced. I wonder who is the lucky owner of this beautiful watch.

Here’s a LNOS 6117 Navigator Timer waiting to be serviced.

Shop also has donor watches on standby in case you bring your precious watch in for servicing. Here’s a beat up 6309.

More donor watches.

Exploded movement pictures are used to help customers understand the problems with their watches.

High quality watchmaking supplies used to service your watch.

You can change your watch batteries here as well.

Shop stocks various types watch parts and accessories including some rare items.

Various types of Seiko crystals.

Seiko parts including diver hands, bezel as well as a rare chronograph bezel and inner bezel (NOS).Rare Rolex parts including crowns, mainsprings and wheels, etc.Rolex and Omega dials.

Here, you will also find a small collection of BNIB Seiko and Casio watches. In fact, this shop is Seiko dealer.

BNIB Seiko watches

BNIB Casio watches

Various types of Seiko diver straps.

Seiko, Casio wall clocks and alarm clocks.

A big and nice looking Seiko wall clock.

NOS Octo wall clock that looks like a wrist watch.

As a second hand dealer, shop has some second hand watches on display.

Here are some affordable vintage watches. Expensive ones are kept in the safe. You need to ask when you are there.

Besides watches, you will also find various watch straps and accessories here.

Don’t know if someone can convey this to Mr Goh of K2, but in August 2010, he did a battery change for my Seiko SBQJ015 (8F56 (quartz perpetrual calendar)), and set the year wrongly. I told him on the spot that it was wrong, according to the Seiko manual which I brought along and showed him, but he refused to follow the manual, he showed me the hand-drawn instructions that he said a watchmaker gave to him. (posted on WUS here: http://forums.watchuseek.com/f21/my-8f56-sbqj015-low-batt-2-years-advertised-10-year-battery-429182.html#post3235192 )He told me to come back to him in March 2011 in case it turned out that he was mistaken. Well, on 1 March 2011, the watch did indeed display “29”, as I expected. I went to Thong Sia instead, and they did set the year according to the manual.

I visted K2 , Mr Goh is busy guy . He gets alot of work repairing & servicing Seiko watches , alot of the work he gets is from happy repeat customers .
Since i was visting his store i purchased a Seiko wall clock , Mr Goh comes highly recommended by many Singaporean locals .

Do you know if anyone does installation of sapphire crystal glass on a skx007? (either they have the glass or i can purchase one from the web). And would they be able to do a pressure test as well after installation as i would like to use the watch to actually dive.

i’m trying to get my vintage bulova accutron checked, fixed and change of batt, are you aware if Mr goh does repairs for bulova ? cuz i’ve been to 1 or 2 shops which they do not dare to service for me.

Q1 : My bro has a very old rolex watch, abt 30 yrs old and there are two missing links on the
bracelet , the crown is not working plus the watch is in terrible condition , ( ie based on my
limited superb knowledge of watches). Any change that Mr Goh can fix it?

Q2 : I have lady solid gold date just watch model 69178 and I need an original bezel to replace the
my current customized bezel with diamond. I sent in to Rolex centre Singapore to have it
Polish but the company refused to accept it citing that the bezel is not form rolex. Can you pl
check whether Mr Goh as the part, new or used (doesn’t matter)